Powerful thunderstorms will continue as the sun rises Monday. Damaging storms from Sunday night could stretch from the Appalachians to Louisiana and Mississippi Monday morning.
Some of these thunderstorms could lose some steam during the first few hours of daylight before becoming severe again by the afternoon as they track east.
Thunderstorms could stretch over almost the entire East Coast by Monday evening. More than 100 million people from the South to the Northeast are under a level 2 of 5 risk of severe storms, according to the SPC.
Major cities from New Orleans to Boston all fall under the same risk level, but different regions could face slightly different threats.
Right now, the Northeast faces a greater risk of powerful wind gusts rather than tornadoes and hail. Atmospheric conditions to the south – from the mid-Atlantic to the Gulf coast – are more likely to support thunderstorms with all hazards, including hail and tornadoes.
Thunderstorms will continue overnight, mainly from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, before exiting out over the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday morning.
But it won’t be long before another severe thunderstorm threat arrives. The SPC has highlighted another very large area – from Texas through the Midwest – to watch for severe thunderstorms on Wednesday.
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